For example, keystone predation increases species diversity by the preferential consumption of dominant competitors and thereby prevents the extinction of inferior competitors (Paine 1966; Mills et al. 1993).
This saturation is because of preferential consumption of silver atoms by the nanoparticles formed in the bulk of the glass, which absorption grows about linearly for longer annealing of the glass in hydrogen (see Figure 2).
Thus preferential consumption of L-lactate by A. actinomycetemcomitans may be a unique survival strategy allowing A. actinomycetemcomitans to compete with other members of the oral microbiota in vivo.
Preferential consumption of the low molecular weight components causes the high density (low API gravity) of the unconsumed residue (Wenger et al. 2002).
A regular distribution of IA in the PAI chain was achieved through the continuous addition of IA during polymerization, which compensated for the preferential consumption of IA.
Preferential consumption of higher-quality vegetation components makes herbivores become more dependent on resources of sufficiently low quality to dampen their growth potential later in the dormant season, which also helps buffer them against population extirpation during severe winters [92].
The use of sweetened ethanol also more closely models drinking in human adolescents who self-report preferential consumption of sweetened alcoholic drinks (Wechsler et al., 2000).
This preferential consumption of sugar, termed carbon catabolite repression (CCR), makes it challenging to design and efficiently control the fermentation processes using lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock.
The pattern may be explained by preferential uptake of Hgwater2+ from settling algae during the first time interval (t = 0 to 12 h), then increased consumption of Hgsed2+ as amphipods stir up sediment while they burrow.
Recommendations to prevent childhood exposure include environmental cleanup of contaminated areas, regulatory enforcement of safe practices for industrial waste disposal and emissions control, and preferential consumption, when available, of foods produced in noncontaminated areas.
